Reviews

Public Marriage, Private Secrets by Helen Bianchin

tessisreading2's review

3.0

I feel bad giving this less than three stars, because it is a Helen Bianchin book, so basically every aspect was foretold from the very beginning. Crazy stalker other woman obsessed with hero? Check. Showdown (pre-book) in which stalker told heroine that hero was committing adultery with her and heroine stomped off in a cheated-upon huff without bothering to verify with hero? Check. Hero forces himself and heroine back into proximity with a combination of emotional and financial manipulation? Check. Heroine is unable to overcome her passion for the hero? Check. Heroine is confronted by the other woman and lies are revealed? Check. Heroine begs forgiveness from the hero for believing the stalker's lies and the hero says it's fine, it was totally plausible? Check. I mean, Bianchin's books are pretty paint-by-numbers, and there's nothing unusually awful here. I will say that for some reason - probably current events - I had more difficulty than usual with the heroine's circle of pleasant, charity-running friends; when they're all married to corporate tycoons who could e.g. fund a new wing of the hospital with their own money, one has to assume the reason the Mrs. is throwing a charity ball is because she wants an excuse to throw a big party rather than that she actually wants to throw money at the hospital.

mrose21's review

3.0

Nice read.

I'm not a massive fan of retries of marriage but this was sweet.

I didn't understand why she believed the lies so easily and he seemed a very good guy to put up with almost bratish behaviour before hand..